Is Elixir the Best of Both Worlds? Why to use it?

What is Elixir, and why is it generating increasing amounts of interest among developers?  Elixir is a newcomer on the programming scene, but it’s gaining traction. Elixir is a functional programming language developed by José Valim and released in 2012. José chose to build Elixir on top of the Erlang Virtual Machine called BEAM to